Working through Smuggler and 215 McCann, directors Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks and the Antibody crew in Sydney invite you to try on the Master Chief’s Mjolnir armor in this ambitious and atmospheric launch spot for the latest edition of the Halo franchise. [Watch]
Category Animation, CG, Character Animation, Featured, Games · Tags 343 Industries, Antibody, Echolab, Halo, McCann, Method, Microsoft, Patrick Clair, Raoul Marks, smuggler, Xbox
Hornet Director Sam Mason conquers production restrictions during quarantine by using a video game controller to generate real-time racing sequences in this full-CG music video for Baltimore synthpop band Future Islands. [Watch]
Producer Samantha Cook at Meister in Portland: “Comedian Kyle Kinane asked us to create an animation to promote the launch of his album, “Trampoline in a Ditch.” Kyle and his team at 800 Pound Gorilla Records were very open about letting Meister loose with this project. [Watch]
After designing a recruitment poster for the design team at the Chinese internet giant (and his current employer) Baidu, director/animator Donerzozo extended the central astronaut character into an atmospheric full-CG passion project. [Watch]
The crew at Lucan animation studio in Cape Town, South Africa splits their time between brand-driven work and long-form animation development. “Isaura”, their latest shot at the latter features a young African protagonist and important environmental themes. [Watch]
Corporate stock footage is hilarious enough on it’s but in this video for electronic supergroup Bronson, Smuggler directors StyleWar, The Mill, and editor Noah Herzog push the genre to a brilliant new extreme. [Watch]